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[HistoryBuff]

 

This is one of five Glocklers
I don't know if it had a four cam but it spawned the 550 spyder, the factory having to be pushed into making a for racing only car.
It was owned by Larry Braun of Colorado who bought it dirt cheap
He couldn't get around to restoring it so sold it. I was wondering if anyone
out there remembers what year he sold it and what the asking price was? I don't think Glockler Porsches were known in the US at that time unless you were at one of the races where it raced. I believe it is the only one of five Glocklers actually built on a 356 chassis. Any clues appreciated. I can be reached directly at Photojournalistpro@gmail.com

[Joe Bosworth]

This thread is really stretching my memory bank but I will test the bank for what it is worth. I don't vouch for absolute accuracy but circa 1951 I remember examining a Glockler in Hinsdale, Illinois. It was on a 356 style chassis with a stripped out convertable body. The engine was a pushrod 1300 cc. I had ride in it and rember my impression that it was weak.

I have no memory of who owned it but it was west central town near the rail tracks. No memory at all as to where it went next. Likewise I don't remember it being raced as the owner was not incined that way.

Regards

[HistoryBuff]

Another Glockler Porsche question. Here I thought no. 3, the one being shown in California restored with flip up plexiglass doors on a hardtop, but now I found a German language website that says only no. 004 was built on a Porsche chassis. They say, and I quote:

 

At the beginning of 1952 Walter Glöckler produced a further version of the 1500. The body corresponded to the 1951 specimen, but - unlike all previous Glöckler designs - not with a tube frame, but with a (shortened) chassis of the Porsche 356. Drive technology was also adopted unchanged. This vehicle is marked with different names. Because of the matching body and the identical engine, it is also referred to as the second model of No. 3, especially in the USA.

With the number 4 Helmglöckler won the German sports car championship in the 1.5-liter class. This model, too, was sold to Max Hoffman after a few assignments in Europe, which brought it to the start with various drivers at various American mountain and sports car races. The Glöckler-Porsche achieved some second place [2]. This vehicle still exists. It was sold in America in January 2008 for $ 616,000 [3] and half a year later at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. [4]"

 

So is the silver one in Calif. the only one with a real Porsche 356 floorpan? Thanks for any advice.

[uechtel]

Please define "#3". German wikipedia says there were seven Glöcklers, they count them from #1 to #7. But of course #1 was no Porsche, so there are people who count the Glöckler-Porsches from #2 to #7...

[HistoryBuff]

I also am up to seven Glocklers though most books say five. So far I only consider 003 to be a real Porsche because it was built on a cabriolet floorpan.

Here's what Wikipedia here says about that:

"The first two Glockler-Porsches weighed under 1,000 lbs. The third, because it was a two-seater, built on a standard 356 cabriolet floorpan, weighed just over 1,100 lbs. Dr. Porsche was impressed enough with quality of design, craftsmanship, and performance of the Glockler specials that he agreed to have them labeled as Porsches, and further, that he incorporated many of the mid-engined Glockler specials' design elements into his first production racecar, the Porsche 550. Most Porsche aficionados agree that it was Max Hoffman, who convinced Dr. Porsche to build the Porsche 356 Speedster: many also claim he did so because he was so impressed with Glockler-Porsche #3 which he bought from Swiss Porsche importer, Hans Stanek and imported to race in the U.S. '